I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me.

Quote by Charlotte Bronte

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Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil...

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil...

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state...

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state...

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they...

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they...

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for...

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for...

True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.

True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing...

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing...

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

Who has words at the right moment?

Who has words at the right moment?

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the...

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the...

I'm just going to write because I cannot help it.

I'm just going to write because I cannot help it.

I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.

I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to...

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to...

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the...

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the...

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

Flirting is a womans trade, one must keep in practice.

Flirting is a womans trade, one must keep in practice.

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather...

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather...

What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and...

What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and...

Being nice and being flirty are two diff things. I hate when people get them...

Being nice and being flirty are two diff things. I hate when people get them...